Curcumin Provides Hepatoprotection against Amoebic Liver Abscess Induced by Entamoeba histolytica in Hamster: Involvement of Nrf2/HO-1 and NF-κB/IL-1β Signaling Pathways

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Changes in body and liver weight on the one-week study of ALA induced by intraportal inoculation of E. histolytica. (a) Average body weight of ALA, curcumin+ALA, sham, and curcumin groups before surgery (checkered bars) and after 7 days of surgery (black bars). a: significant difference with respect to the values obtained before intraportal infection. (b) Average liver weights of each group. (c) Ratio of liver weight to body weight. (b, c) Healthy groups (white bars) and infected animals (black bars). a: significant difference with respect to healthy groups (intact, sham, and curcumin); b: significant difference with respect to the ALA group ().

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